Thursday, April 26, 2012
Nearly half of the top earners were from the Stoneham Police Department last year.
Twenty-six Stoneham employees earned more than $100,000 in 2011, with the majority of the town's top 50 earners being from the police department, according to data provided by the treasurer/tax collector's office. The top-paid employee was Stoneham Public Schools Superintendent Les Olson, who earned a salary of $149,147.78 in 2011. Stoneham High School Principal Donna Cargill was the second-highest paid school employee to crack the top 20, finishing in 20th with a salary of $105,823.33. Following Olson, nine police officers rounded out the top 10. Police chief Richard Bongiorno finished second overall and was the highest-paid officer, earning $147,517.99. He was the only officer of the 23 on the top 50 earners list that didn't receive …
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Stoneham Police Department
47 Central St, Stoneham, MA
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Stoneham Fire Department
25 Central St, Stoneham, MA
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Town of Stoneham: Town Administrator
35 Central St, Stoneham, MA
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Stoneham High School
149 Franklin St, Stoneham, MA
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
There were a variety of other topics on the table during the Stoneham School Committee's recent meeting.
The Stoneham School Committee tackled a handful of matters at it's most recent session on April 28, including: Kindergarten Registration Adjustments Kindergarten registration is underway, with potential changes still possible for what will be a new time format for the system’s next term. Superintendent Les Olson recommended to the committee that they stick with the current number of half-time and full-time programs despite lower than expected registration figures, citing the hopes for creating long-term stability in the format of the programs. However, children registered after the committee adopted their new scheduling policy early in March may find themselves at elementary schools outside of their neighborhoods. Olson noted that only 26 …
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Stoneham High School
149 Franklin St, Stoneham, MA
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Stoneham Theatre
395 Main St, Stoneham, MA
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SEEM Collaborative: Therapeutic Learning Center, East School
12 Beacon St, Stoneham, MA
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SEEM Collaborative: Therapeutic Learning Center, North School
195 Collincote St, Stoneham, MA
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SEEM Collaborative Administration Offices
92 Montvale Ave, Stoneham, MA
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Monday, March 7, 2011
On March 3 Superintendent Les Olson presented to the School Committee a series of possible budget cuts to fit into the town's reduced budget while maintaining the school district's recent improvement.
With the current fiscal problems the town faces in its upcoming fiscal year, Stoneham school district superintendent Les Olson presented the School Committee with a report on where money had been spent as well as potential changes that may need to be made for next year. First came the good news, such as Stoneham’s escape out of accreditation warning status from the New England Association Schools and Colleges (NEASC), a brand new across the board math curricula, and the fact that high school graduation rates have risen five percent over the past four years. While these improvements required spending increases in most areas over the past four years, the schools were still able to keep per pupil spending well under state averages in an array…
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Stoneham High School
149 Franklin St, Stoneham, MA
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Friday, March 4, 2011
The School Committee narrowly approved a non-binding document designed to instill confidence in Stoneham taxpayers that the town's current budgetary woes would be solved and comparable problems would not re-arise.
Another chapter in Stoneham’s ongoing budget saga has been written as the Stoneham School Committee narrowly approved, 3-2, the Budget Agreement document championed by Board of Selectmen chairperson Paul Rotondi on Thursday night. The Budget Agreement document, a non-binding accord that attempts to bring the School Committee, Selectmen and Finance and Advisory Board together under fiscal principles that would foster greater budgetary responsibility in the hopes of fixing the current $2.6 million budget shortfall for fiscal 2012 as well as prevent similar situations in the near future. While all the School Committee members agreed with the majority of the document, leading superintendent Les Olson to recommend the board approve it, doubts …
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Stoneham High School
149 Franklin St, Stoneham, MA
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Issue of non-full time employees, particularly in regards to sharing jobs to get benefits, was the focus of the Stoneham School Committee meeting Thursday night.
The Stoneham School Committee discussed job sharing and financial benefits among non-full time workers in the school district during their meeting Thursday night. School Committee member Jeanne Craigie brought forth the issue after receiving a notice that 36 of the district’s 80 non-full time employees were sharing responsibilities in order to obtain 18 1/2 hours of work per week, the minimum required health insurance benefits for part-time hourly school employees in Stoneham. Superintendent Les Olson informed Craigie that the number of non-full time employees receiving benefits was 16, and only one employee among the four that were job sharing had benefits. Craigie apologized for her error, but still continued to have concerns. “Even at …
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Stoneham High School
149 Franklin St, Stoneham, MA
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Playgrounds, kindergarten grants and new recommended Stoneham High School curricula in some areas were the focus of the Committee during a brief meeting Jan. 20.
The Stoneham School Committee took up several matters at their recent meeting. Here's some of what was discussed: Grass at the South Elementary School The old adage goes that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but the saying now appears to be a reality at South Elementary School, where growing grass has become a problem at the playground near Main Street, according to a report from Superintendent Les Olson. South School’s grass situation was brought up after a series of minor suggested facilities improvements across the district that would cost $500,000, but Olson was unsure on what to recommend to help solve the grass problem, which has arisen due to overuse of the area by students during the day. Initially, the board …
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Stoneham High School
149 Franklin St, Stoneham, MA
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South Elementary School
11 Summer St, Stoneham, MA
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Don Makson
11:13 am on Sunday, April 29, 2012
How does anyone earn nearly as much in overtime as salary? Doesn't #24 stick out here? more ›